The twenty-first century parent is challenged to utilize internal and external resources to parent their children. The pendulum of theories has swung to the max in both directions. And parents are caught trying to develop their own personal growth, maintain careers and self identities. Societal ills, electronic technology and devices, economic, home deprive-rs, and unhealthy family dynamics are factors affecting the home environment. In the mist of changing economy and downsizing of employment, the venerable child is faced with too many hours alone with the television as a companion or the computer’s social network and exposure to sex texting, cyber bullying and child pornography.
The parent – child relationship is impacted and requires a new paradigm. Parents feel helpless to know what to do. They would do better if they knew better. Innovative Parent is the resources to identify what can be done by individual families for their own situation. Innovative Parent brings it back to the basics, back to square one to a holistic approach that feeds the mind, body, spirit of both parent and child.
Innovative Parent is based on respect of the individuals. Being a better parent begins with being a better person. The desired outcome is parent and child both win. Innovative Parent will assist parents or parent groups to design seminars applicable to the issues immobilizing their parent – child relationship.
The African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Innovative Parent offers that it takes more than a multitude of persons and resource to meet the objective to raise a healthy child to become a productive citizen. Innovative Parent aims to achieve this end.